Flat iron rest



5, 9 G. M. MAGEE 2,900,748

' FLAT IRON REST Filed Feb. 10, 1958 FIG?) GERTRUDE M.

MAGEE INVENTOR.

BY 9 D l Awv United States Patent Q FLAT IRON REST Gertrude M. Magee,Porfland, Oreg.

Application February 10, 1958, Serial No. 714,135

1 Claim. (Cl. 38-107) This invention relates to ironing boards and moreparticularly to a flatiron rest upon which a flatiron may be supportedwhen not in actual use.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a rest ofthe character described which may be conveniently attached to theironing board for supporting the flatiron in horizontal alignment withbut away from one end of the ironing board when the board is being usedfor ironing purposes and to provide means for storing the rest beneaththe ironing board when not in use.

Another object is to provide a flatiron rest which is of simple,durable, and inexpensive construction and which will be thoroughlyefiicient and practical in use.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional ironing boardprovided with a flatiron rest made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail view on an enlarged scale showing aflatiron in broken lines supported upon the rest.

Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 3 with the flatiron rest removed fromthe ironing board.

Figures 5 and 6 are views similar to Figure 4 showing a modified form ofbracket secured respectively to the underside of a metal ironing boardand a wooden ironing hoard.

With continuing reference to the drawing, reference numeral 1 indicatesgenerally a standard type of household ironing board, supported on theusual legs 2 and 3 hinged as at 4 and 5 to the underside of the ironingboard 6 which as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 6 is made of wood and inFigure 5 as made of sheet steel indicated at 6A.

The flatiron rest comprises a plate 7 secured by suitable fasteningelements 8 to the underside of the wooden ironing board 6 at the end ofthe board remote from the pointed end thereof. The plate 7 is channeledas at 9 and 10 throughout its length to provide two parallel guidewaysfor suitable brace means in the form of rods 11 and 12 slidably receivedand supported at one of their ends within the guideways. The oppositeend portion of each rod is bent upwardly, rearwardly, then horizontallyfor securement as at 13 to the flatiron rest proper in the form of atray 14 ventilated as at 15 and having a vertical rear flange 16 andside flanges 17. The bend of the rods as aforesaid is calculated toposition the tray 14 in the plane of the top surface of the ironingboard so that a flatiron 18 may be smoothly slid from one to the other.

In the modifications shown in Figures 5 and 6 the plate 7A and guideways9A and 10A are made of cast metal and provided with suitable openingsfor the passage therethrough of fastening screws 19 as in Figure 6 orfor bolts 20 as in Figure 5 wherein the ironing board 6A is made offlanged sheet metal as shown. In order to accommodate the bent bracerods 11 and 12 so that they will position the tray 14 in the plane ofthe top surface of the ironing board 6A I provide bolt-surroundingspacer sleeves 21 between the underside of the board and the top surfaceof the plate 7A.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that for convenience in storingthe ironing board when collapsed, the tray and brace rods may bewithdrawn from their rearwardly extending operative position to aposition of con- 7 cealment under the board as shown in broken lines inFigure l by merely withdrawing the brace rods 11 and 12 from the rear ofthe guideways 910 or 9A10A, inverting the tray and reinserting the rodsin the opposite end of the guideways.

While I have shown particular forms of embodiment of my invention I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves toothers skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention. Having thus described my invention what I claim as newand desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A flatiron rest, comprising a plate adapted for attachment to the underside of an ironing board at one end thereof, said plate having a pair oftubular guideways therein open at both of their ends and extending inthe direction of the length of the ironing board, a pair of brace rodsadapted to be slidably received and supported within either end of theguideways, said brace rods normally extending outwardly from one end ofsaid plate rearwardly of the ironing board and bent upwardly andrearwardly into a horizontal portion, and a tray secured to the top ofthe horizontal portions of the brace rods whereby the top surface of thetray will be supported in an operative position in the plane of the topsurface of the ironing board to thereby facilitate sliding movement of aflatiron from one of said surfaces to the other, and whereby the trayand brace rods may be withdrawn from said one end of the plate, invertedand reinserted in the opposite end of the plate to thereby entirelyconceal the tray and brace rods in a retracted inoperative positionbeneath the ironing board.

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